From 1 December 2012, Singapore Airlines customers will be able to fly to the Greek cities of Athens and Thessaloniki through a codeshare agreement with Star Alliance partner Aegean Airlines. Under the agreement, SIA will add its ‘SQ’ code to Aegean-operated flights serving the Greek capital Athens from Frankfurt, London, Milan and Munich, as well as to flights serving Greece’s sec

China Airlines appoints New President. Mr. Sun was born in 1948, and he graduated from National Chengchi University. In his long airline career, Mr. Sun has served as president of Formosa Airlines and TransAsia Airways, vice president of Mandarin Airlines, general manager of China Airline’s Europe and San Francisco branches, and vice president of the Passenger Sales and Corporate P

Singapore Airlines to launch Flights to Riyadh via Dubai. Singapore Airlines is to launch operations to Riyadh, the largest city and capital of Saudi Arabia, on 14 December 2008. Using the Boeing 777-200 aircraft, Singapore Airlines will operate four times weekly to Riyadh via Dubai every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Turkish Airlines Orders Airbus A330 Freighters. Turkish Airlines has signed a firm order for the purchase of two A330-200F freighter aircraft, becoming a new customer for this aircraft type. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls Royce engines and will join Turkish Airlines' existing all Airbus freighter fleet of four Airbus A310s from Autumn 2010.

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Vietjet have signed a formal partnership agreement. The two airlines have agreed to codeshare on all flights between Japan and Vietnam as well as on the domestic flights of both airlines. Flights between Vietnam and other Asian countries will also be included.

China Airlines has taken delivery of a very special Airbus A350. The aircraft is not only China Airlines' seventh A350 XWB, but also the 100th A350 that Airbus has delivered. The milestone aircraft is an A350-900 version, joining China Airlines’ growing A350 XWB fleet – adding to the line-up of widebody A330s and A340s flown by the long-time Airbus customer, which is based in Taiwa